I think it's fairly evident that I am a traditionalist in this hobby and a lot of other areas. I respect the ideals of hard work and fair play and believe the rewards are sweeter the greater the effort involved. This is why I dislike wild cards and expanded playoffs and a trophy for every youth baseball team who managed to run to first without tripping over the baseline. Work for it, sister, and maybe you'll enjoy it more. Incentive is a wonderful thing. But I see less and less evidence of "roll up your sleeves" behavior in everyday life. Thank God for the Navy Seals. Maybe that'll inspire a few folks to get off their fat ass. In the card world, we have the same thing. It's been going on for awhile now. Topps has been issuing reprints of its most famous and coveted sets for more than a decade now. It has done this repeatedly and so often that it's monumentally difficult to differentiate the reprint sets from each other. I don't know how many ver...
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